Behind Stone Walls
{{short description|1932 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Behind Stone Walls
| image = Behind Stone Walls.jpg
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| director = Frank R. Strayer
| producer = Ralph M. Like
Cliff P. Broughton
| writer = George B. Seitz
| cinematography = Jules Cronjager
| starring = Edward J. Nugent
Priscilla Dean
Ann Christy
| editing = Byron Robinson
| studio = Action Pictures
| distributor = Mayfair Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1932|03|15}}
| runtime = 58 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
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Behind Stone Walls is a 1932 American Pre-Code film directed by Frank R. Strayer and starring Edward J. Nugent, Priscilla Dean and Ann Christy.Pitts p.238
Plot
Esther Clay, the wife of district attorney John Manson Clay, is carrying on an affair with her husband's friend Jack Keene. When Keene announces he wants to end it, she grabs a gun and shoots him. Her stepson Bob comes upon the scene and helps her escape, but Bob is discovered with the gun and body by Keene's valet, Drugget, who has Bob arrested.
His father offers to resign as DA and defend him. Bob refuses to cooperate, so his father takes over the prosecution, sending him to jail.
Drugget, who knows the truth, starts blackmailing Esther.
Bob's girlfriend Peg Harper, believes in his innocence and works to get the evidence to clear Bob. She finds the truth and asks John to come to Esther's apartment to discover it. He confronts Esther and she threatens him with a gun. She leads him to another room and there's a shot. Esther staggers in, mortally wounded.
John is charged with murder. Bob has been released from prison and represents him, showing it was self-defense.
Cast
- Edward J. Nugent as Bob Clay
- Priscilla Dean as Esther Clay, DA John Manson Clay's cheating wife
- Ann Christy as Peg Harper, Bob's girlfriend
- Robert Elliott as District Attorney John Manson Clay
- Robert Ellis as Jack Keene
- George Chesebro as Druggett, the blackmailing butler
- Allan Cavan as Prosecuting Attorney
- Harold Nelson as Judge
- Stanley Mack as Reporter at Trial
- Vance Carroll as Reporter at Trial
- Frank Meredith as Court Guard
References
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Bibliography
- Pitts, Michael R. Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each. McFarland & Company, 2005.
External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0022662|title=Behind Stone Walls}}
- {{Internet Archive film|id=Behind_Stone_Walls_1932|name=Behind Stone Walls}}
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Category:American crime drama films
Category:1932 romantic drama films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Films directed by Frank R. Strayer
Category:American romantic drama films
Category:1932 crime drama films
Category:Mayfair Pictures films
Category:1930s English-language films
Category:English-language crime drama films
Category:English-language romantic drama films
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